Which database (free or open source) is password protected? [modified]
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Hi There are a lot of free databases. I am using Firebird right now. But it does not have password protection to its database files itself. Anybody can open database file to view it. Anybody can give me a suggestion for firebird database security problem. Is there any database that has password protected? Especially for the embedded application. Best regards,
modified on Sunday, September 13, 2009 4:12 PM
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Hi There are a lot of free databases. I am using Firebird right now. But it does not have password protection to its database files itself. Anybody can open database file to view it. Anybody can give me a suggestion for firebird database security problem. Is there any database that has password protected? Especially for the embedded application. Best regards,
modified on Sunday, September 13, 2009 4:12 PM
What exactly do you mean by password protected? You can download SQL Server Express for free (4Gb data file limit). It has security - i.e. you need a login to get into the database. Anyone can pick the MDf (data) file and attach it and use the data.... unless you encrypt the data with or write your own encryption algorithm.
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What exactly do you mean by password protected? You can download SQL Server Express for free (4Gb data file limit). It has security - i.e. you need a login to get into the database. Anyone can pick the MDf (data) file and attach it and use the data.... unless you encrypt the data with or write your own encryption algorithm.
Thank you very much for reply. I want to protect my database structure. So nobody can easily open my user database to view my table structure. Minimum there is a password protection to open the user database file. Which database can do it? MySQL? ACCESS? Thanks,
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Thank you very much for reply. I want to protect my database structure. So nobody can easily open my user database to view my table structure. Minimum there is a password protection to open the user database file. Which database can do it? MySQL? ACCESS? Thanks,
Yes all of those databases allow you to 'password' protect yuor database in some manner, but the DBA on site always knows this password.